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Iain Chapple, PhD, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS, CCST (Rest Dent), is a professor and head of periodontology at the School of Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom (UK). He is an honorary consultant in restorative dentistry with Birmingham Community Health Trust, University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children’s Trust. Chapple has published more than 200 research papers and written and edited seven textbooks and several book chapters. He is a former president of the International Association for Dental Research Periodontal Research Group and serves as secretary general of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) and treasurer of the UK Oral and Dental Research Trust. Chapple also cochairs the EFP workshops on research and education.

Ava J. Wu, DDS, is a clinical professor in the Department of Orofacial Sciences and codirector of the Sjögren’s Syndrome Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco. She can be reached at ava.wu@ucsf.edu.

Douglas A. Young, DDS, EdD, MBA, MS, is a professor in the Department of Dental Practice at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry.

Allen Wong, DDS, EdD, is a professor, director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program, and director of the Hospital Dentistry Program at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco.

Steve Duffin, DDS, is a general dentist focused on public health programs and treating patients with special needs in Keizer, Oregon. Over the past 10 years, he has examined the history and practice of using silver compounds in controlling caries among high-risk populations.

Jason P. Hirsch, DMD, MPH, is a pediatric dentist in private practice in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. He focuses on childhood caries management.